What Did Maine Weddings Look Like 100 Years Ago?

Why do black and white photographs make everything look so much more dreamy? These photos are from weddings in Maine in the last 100+ years.

Olson-Oberg aerial wedding, Caribou, 1930

Etta Olson and Roy S. Oberg of New Sweden married on June 5, 1930 in an aerial wedding. MaineMemory.net says, "The couple flew out of the Caribou airport, were married in the air and returned to greet friends on the ground."

Wedding proposal, Fryeburg, ca. 1910

The happy couple is Andrew Andersen of Stow and Ada L. Burbank of North Fryeburg. They married four years later on June 20, 1914.

Wedding party, Lewiston, 1897

From MaineMemory.net, "The wedding party and guests at the April 1897 marriage of Marie Philippon and Alfred Tancrel. The photo was taken in the backyard of the Tancrel property at 24 River Street, Lewiston."

Frank Gray, Amelia Hanscom, East Machias, 1887

"Frank William Gray and Amelia Myrtle Hanscom were married on April 29, 1887 at the home of the bride's parents in Jacksonville, a section of East Machias. The newlyweds are about to drive off in a Stanhope style top buggy, heading up river to Crawford, probably to spend their honeymoon with relatives. They lived and raised their family of eight in Jacksonville."